Baystate Jeepers

Hmmm, now how do I screw these things on?

Sweet.

What year front?

MDSRACING398 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 8:51 pm What year front?

2004. I am going Artec swap kit.

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04 is lighter for sure and a little easier to package if still using coils.

the artec kit is awesome, Made my 60 install super easy

How much $ are you looking at to do Junkyard 1 tons, vs Off the shelf built?

Depends if cutting, grinding, and welding yourself or not.

Back of an envelope I think it will be just north of 50% of what off the shelf would be assuming I go high end components (e.g. ARB lockers vs. Detroit), but I am doing it just as much for the learning experience.

Planning on doing all the work myself except maybe the final welding. Align and tack it up myself and then have "Ken's axle guy" do the final welding. He estimates $600 for the welding work.

Jonas wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 4:13 pm Back of an envelope I think it will be just north of 50% of what off the shelf would be assuming I go high end components (e.g. ARB lockers vs. Detroit), but I am doing it just as much for the learning experience.

Cool, I've been thinking about doing 1-ton axels for my JKU, initially wanted the off-shelf drop-ins but saw the cost of a Dana60 front and rear and at ~15K thought differently. Going to Junkyard could also start me up in learning to weld, something else I've wanted to learn for a while.

PM me if you want to watch (contribute to) the disaster. It "should" be straight forward.

Anyone around Hopkinton, MA have a cherry picker I could borrow for a day?

I stripped everything except the axle shafts off (don't want the oil all over my truck) and we still can't lift it on two people.

I've got one here. I'm about 45 minutes away.
I could shoot down to you most any day with it and help get them unloaded from your truck.